From the Make Something Event!

Each month, I host an event so asssist my clients in Making Something Meaningful. We always kick off with a beginners class and then offer something tactile. For May, the class was the uber cute Family Blocks. Each guest received the wooden blocks for free! You know you wish you had come! Check the Make Something Event page for details about the next event!

Step 1

Customize your family blocks at my website.
Shameless plug, I know, but there it is.
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Step 2Cut and trim each letter to fit. 

Step 3

Prepare your 1x3 Pine board by cutting into (3) four inch and (3) 4 1/2 blocks.

You will also need a glue stick, a brush and modge podge for the next steps.

Step 4Apply glue liberally to the wood, postition and adhere each letter as shown. Use a gift card or another block of wood to "burnish" the paper to the wood. This will smooth out any bumps or air bubbles.
Repeat for each letter.

Step 5Use a brush to apply Modge Podge from top to bottom to the blocks. This wil seal your project and protect it. Repeat for each letter. After it dries, then apply Modge Podge again from left to right on the blocks. This will create a cross hatch line effect and make it look like canvas.

Creative Tip: Paint your blocks of wood ahead of time to match the prints.

Yearbook Season

It's yearbook season and I always love this time of year.

Don't you remember, at the end the end of the year, yearbooks would come out and you would hope your picture was good, look for your friends in the candid shots and then have all your friends (plus the boy you were crushing on) sign your book to save for years later. I know that for me, I very rarely had little more than my standard school photo in the book and I longed for more.

Well, I'm not in high school anymore, but as my daughters' bring home their school annuals, I find myself... longing for more again.  I hear you... I know, I know. "You don't have time". Do you have fifteen minutes a month? Be honest with yourself. You KNOW you have fifteen minutes. Especially if you had a yearbook staff at your beck and call.

I love the whole drag and drop feature, combined with the flexiblity of being able to customize each and every detail... if I have the time.  Here are a few samples and yeah, you could totally catch up.

In just 15 minutes a month (5 minutes to upload the photos, 5 minutes to jot a note or two down and 5 minutes to make sure it's just how you want it) you can create your own yearbook. 

Digital Stoybooking while on Vacation - Part 2

Ok, so, a couple of days ago, I was visiting with you about creating digital storybooks and I happen to be doing that very thing whilst on vacation in Kauai. So, I thought I would take a moment to share with you what I've made so far. Like show and tell, but, it's online and I'm not five and you are reading this who knows when. Ok, so not show and tell exactly, but enough with that. Yeesh, I do actually have a point here.

First, the cover of my new book for the vacation I am currently on and then the pages in progress!

The Pros of Digital Storybooking

So, you may have noticed my posts have slowed a little and that is becasue I am on VACATION! Hooray for vacations! I wake up daily to the crash of the Pacific ocean and the rich taste of locally grown coffee. It's all good. But before you start to hate me, let me finish my post.

I was a scrapbooking enthusiast for 8 years. Stickers, letters, diecuts, paper. The smell of adhesive made me giddy. I still love to have paint in my cuticles and glue on the tips of my fingers. But let's be honest. I have two active children and I'm pretty active myself. I don't always have the time to get everything out and cover every flat surface just to make a page.

A friend told me about digital scrapbooking and I balked! No THANKS mamn! I don't wanna! Blech.

But she convinced me to just try it... so against my will I did and I will never go back.

Here are the pros of Digital Storybooking:

• You can do it from your private bungalow in Kauai (or anywhere there is wireless internet!)
• There is no waste... no stray letter Z's that don't get used, no pictures that you can't bear to toss.
• There is nothing to store. No disks, no supplies, nothing.
• It is far less expensive.
• You can complete books in an hour, rather than a year!
• You can digi-book while watching a movie with your partner!

I'm telling you, just try it! You can create your free digital account here: Free Digital Storybook Account

If it asks you a question about viewing stuff, click no.

Have a great day! I'm off to sip Mai Tais and visit a vintage lighthouse and take in a luau!